Multiple Choice
Why was political rhetoric so passionate and divisive during the 1790s?
A) Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr joined forces in trying to form their own political party separate from the Federalists and Republicans.
B) The United States would not have a national debt until the 1800s; all war debts following the Revolution remained squarely with the states.
C) Americans feared that the ideals of the Revolution would be betrayed as America faced the realities of governance.
D) Religious tensions that had been a secondary concern during the War for Independence came to dominate all other concerns.
E) Prominent newspaper editors later found to be British agents deliberately sowed dissension and soon nearly sparked another war.
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